Jack's got a lot of, *ahem*, "links" to humanity. xD
In all seriousness, I don't actually like her in that capacity. When she's being used as the "link to humanity" I find her quite annoying. But on the whole, my rabid fangirlness aside, I'm actually kind of fond of Gwen. I like her as what she is at her core, window-dressing aside: as you said, a way for the viewer to be introduced into the series.
In the end, she tends to become her own character and I like that. I just wished that they...used characters better? Like sometimes they'll have a dramatic scene and Gwen hasn't had a few lines in awhile, so they'll have her doing a job that would be better suited for say Tosh or Ianto (I get ESPECIALLY growly when she starts taking screentime away from Ianto...). Such as when the team was opening the Rift. Gwen, the new girl, shouldn't have been entering the codes. It should have been Tosh, the computer genius, or Ianto, the man who's job it is to know all the codes. But they wanted HER to be facing down Jack. ...Just a misuse.
But all in all, I'm just extremely happy with Torchwood. It's wonderful.
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In all seriousness, I don't actually like her in that capacity. When she's being used as the "link to humanity" I find her quite annoying. But on the whole, my rabid fangirlness aside, I'm actually kind of fond of Gwen. I like her as what she is at her core, window-dressing aside: as you said, a way for the viewer to be introduced into the series.
In the end, she tends to become her own character and I like that. I just wished that they...used characters better? Like sometimes they'll have a dramatic scene and Gwen hasn't had a few lines in awhile, so they'll have her doing a job that would be better suited for say Tosh or Ianto (I get ESPECIALLY growly when she starts taking screentime away from Ianto...). Such as when the team was opening the Rift. Gwen, the new girl, shouldn't have been entering the codes. It should have been Tosh, the computer genius, or Ianto, the man who's job it is to know all the codes. But they wanted HER to be facing down Jack. ...Just a misuse.
But all in all, I'm just extremely happy with Torchwood. It's wonderful.
And yeah. Totally hot. xD